Understanding the Impact of Brain Disorders: Towards a 'Horizontal Epidemiology' of Psychosocial Difficulties and Their Determinants
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2015
abstract:
To test the hypothesis of 'horizontal epidemiology', i.e. that psychosocial difficulties (PSDs), such as sleep disturbances, emotional instability and difficulties in personal interactions, and their environmental determinants are experienced in common across neurological and psychiatric disorders, together called brain disorders.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Adult; Affective Symptoms; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Attitude to Health; Brain Diseases; Cost of Illness; Data Collection; Europe; Female; Focus Groups; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Interview, Psychological; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Patient Outcome Assessment; Patients; Sleep Wake Disorders; Social Environment; Social Stigma; Social Support; Models, Psychological; Patient Acuity
List of contributors:
Cieza, Alarcosa; Anczewska, Marta; Ayuso-Mateos, Jose Luise; Baker, Mary; Bickenbach, Jerome; Chatterji, Somnath; Hartley, Sally; Leonardi, Matilde; Pitkänen, Tuuli; Coenen, Michaela; Gall, Heinrich; Kollerits, Barbara; Sabariego, Carla; Cabello, Maria; Mellor, Blanca; Vigil, Jordi; Cerniauskaite, Milda; Covelli, Venusia; Giovannetti, Ambra; Quintas, Rui; Raggi, Alberto; Schiavolin, Silvia; Ballert, Carolina; Brach, Mirjam; Lückenkemper, Miriam; Benbow, Alastair; Hawrot, Tadeusz; Charzyńska, Katarzyna; Chrostek, Anna; Witaj, Piotro; Roszczyńska-Michta, Joannao; Waszkiewicz, Justynao; Finocchiaro, Carla; Cogoni, Serena; Holopainen, Antti; Jokela, Kirsi; Kaskela, Teemu; Levola, Jonna; Tourunen, Jouni
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